Tag: employment law

Employers repeatedly making the same mistakes

It is incredible the extent to which you will see employers making the same mistakes repeatedly when dismissing an employee. I read about a case last week involving a dental clinic in Carlow which resulted in the employee being dismissed and being awarded €8,500, or thereabouts, for unfair dismissal. The employee was accused of “hate… Continue reading Employers repeatedly making the same mistakes

The curse of knowledge-a reminder from the Enoch Burke controversy

It’s an easy mistake to make. That is, assuming everyone else is aware of and knows something that you do. That everyone has a similar grasp of how something works, for example the legal system. It is only when a legal issue or controversy enters into the public domain and attracts a larger than usual… Continue reading The curse of knowledge-a reminder from the Enoch Burke controversy

Letting emotions influence legal disputes-avoid this mistake

When emotions detrimentally influence legal disputes and rows it is usually the employee who is too invested in the dispute to make cool, rational, sensible decisions concerning their issue or problem. Usually.  Occasionally, however, you come across an employer who is too emotionally invested to do the right thing. He or she will be an… Continue reading Letting emotions influence legal disputes-avoid this mistake

Misconceived decisions to bring employment claims

I am often asked to bring employment cases on behalf of individuals which appear misconceived and will not provide a positive return for the wronged employee. Even if the employee wins the case the cost of bringing it, unless the employee represents himself, will exceed the potential compensation that can be awarded. For example, an… Continue reading Misconceived decisions to bring employment claims

Instructing a solicitor? Give him/her the full and complete story

If you are going to engage the services of a solicitor in a legal dispute-for example an employment matter which will be dealt with by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)-make sure you give your solicitor all the facts. Good and bad. Full and complete instructions. Before the hearing. Preferably long before the hearing. The time… Continue reading Instructing a solicitor? Give him/her the full and complete story

Approaching an employment law claim from the wrong place and direction 

I’m often contacted by employees who nurse an enormous sense of grievance towards their employer. The grievance and implacable determination to visit some type of hurt or damage on the employer may arise from a single incident, for example a disciplinary procedure or a disappointment concerning a new position or a pay rise. Or it… Continue reading Approaching an employment law claim from the wrong place and direction 

Employers needlessly losing unfair dismissal case

One of the recurrent themes in successful unfair dismissal claims by employees is the matter of fair procedures and process. A large number of cases are lost by employers not on account of a want of justification for the dismissal. But as a consequence of failing to apply proper, or any, procedures in the process… Continue reading Employers needlessly losing unfair dismissal case

Day 3 of the WRC hearing-is this the best system for employment claims?

It looked like a straightforward unfair dismissal case. But today is the 3rd day of the WRC hearing. When you quote a person for your services for a WRC claim you do your best to give a competitive quotation. Some work out, some don’t. When a case goes on for three days, and you commit… Continue reading Day 3 of the WRC hearing-is this the best system for employment claims?

“Employment Law in Ireland”-Kindle Countdown Price Promotion Starts Today

I have a Kindle countdown deal price promotion starting this morning at 8 am. Every 6 months Amazon will allow you to do a “countdown deal” to promote your book(s) on Amazon. This countdown deal is a time limited price promotion. My deal starts this morning on my book, “Employment Law in Ireland: The Essentials… Continue reading “Employment Law in Ireland”-Kindle Countdown Price Promotion Starts Today